It's not easy to make tedious office work funny, but Haiku Tunnel does just that. Kornbluth (who directed with his brother Jacob) plays a temp assigned to the San Francisco law firm S&M. Things go so well the first day that his supervisor (Shumaker) offers him a full-time gig. ''You go perm and the firm will cover your...psychotherapy,'' she says enticingly. Kornbluth -- a nudgier, pudgier Woody Allen -- is a hoot, though the scenes in which he speaks directly to the camera fall disappointingly flat. Still, anyone who's ever temped or thought a lawyer was the devil will appreciate Haiku Tunnel's mordant look at corporate life.
EW's GRADE
BDetails Release Date: Jul 30, 2002; Movie Rated: R; Genre: Comedy; With: Josh Kornbluth; Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
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